Validation of Family Management Measure for the Brazilian culture.

Etjective: To validate the Family Management Measure (FaMM) for Brazilian culture.

Method: Quantitative research excerpt, following the recommendations for validation studies. The data presented refer to the last stage of the process.

Cultural adaptation of the Family Management Measure among families of children and adolescents with chronic diseases.

Objectives: to perform the cultural adaptation of the Family Management Measure into the Brazilian Portuguese language.

Method: the method complied with international recommendations for this type of study and was composed of the following steps: translation of the instrument into the Portuguese language; reaching consensus over the translated versions; assessment by an expert committee; back translation; and pretest.

Results: these stages enabled us to obtain conceptual, by-item, semantic, idiomatic, and operational equivalences, in addition to content validation.

[Stressor experienced by family members in the process of organ and tissue donation for transplant].

The purpose of the present study is to identify the stressors experienced by family members during the process of organ donation, evince the most distressful moment of the process and verify the association of variable with the family members' experience. The sample consisted of 16 family members that were making the donation through a Organ Search Organization, in São Paulo, in 2007. A structured instrument was used, containing question addressing the family members' experience and their evaluation of the donation process.

[Stress and coping in perioperative period of breast cancer].

This study is a literature review with the objective to reflect about stress and coping in the perioperative period of breast cancer. The study was performed based on a national online database including studies published from 1996 to 2006. The search found 63 articles, 17 of which were selected.

[Characterization of stress in intensive care unit nurses].

This study proposes a characterization of the nurses who work in intensive care units (ICU) in different regions of Brazil and the association of the stress level they report with age, position, time since graduation, and enrollment in Graduate courses. The data were collected using the Bianchi Stress Inventory, consisting of socio-demographic information and 51 items of the activities nurses perform. The sample was comprised of 263 nurses, most of them female (91.

[Stress among emergency unit nurses].

Stress is clearly present in nursing work. This article presents an exploratory study carried out among emergency unit nurses from hospital institutions, and aimed at determining these professionals' stress level. The sample consisted of 73 emergency unit nurses who work for public and private institutions in the city of São Paulo.

Stress and coping among cardiovascular nurses: a survey in Brazil.

Cardiovascular nurses are frequently involved in critical patient care, providing support to patients and their families. The goals of this study were to survey a representative sample of cardiovascular nurses, describe ways of coping, and identify sources of stress in the hospital setting. A descriptive and correlational survey design was used.

[Caregivers and patient's anxiety level during cardiac catheterization].

This exploratory and quantitative study aimed to identify the anxiety level of 40 caregivers and 40 patients before cardiac catheterization and to establish a correlation among them and with sociodemographic variables, by means of the Anxiety-State Scale (IDATE). It was concluded that most of the patients present low anxiety levels, while most caregivers demonstrate medium levels of anxiety. No statistical correlation was found between anxiety levels and sociodemographic variables in the correlation analysis.